Apple’s new 12-inch MacBook and 13-inch Touch Bar MacBook Pro models are essentially unchanged from their predecessors apart from performance boosts, according to teardowns published on Thursday.
Source:: Apple Insider
Monthly Archives: June 2017
Apple CEO Tim Cook shares photos from MIT tour ahead of commencement speech
Apple chief Tim Cook on Thursday shared photos from a tour of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he’s scheduled to deliver a commencement address on Friday.
Source:: Apple Insider
First look at Apple’s external GPU developer’s kit for the macOS High Sierra beta
Apple’s external GPU developer’s kit is shipping, and AppleInsider takes an examination of the contents, and delves a bit into compatibility.
Source:: Apple Insider
Dr. Christine Darden, Todd Stabelfeldt and Miral Kotb deliver blockbuster special sessions on technology and changing the world at Apple’s WWDC17
This week at its Worldwide Developer Conference, Apple presented a series of lunchtime presentations from speakers who each shared their story of overcoming seemingly impossible obstacles through the application of technology and their own persistent determination.
Source:: Apple Insider
Apple’s Tim Cook, other tech CEOs poised to attend White House summit led by Jared Kushner
An inaugural meeting of the American Technology Council — organized by the Trump administration, and led by President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner — will reportedly take place at the White House on June 19, and may see as many as 12 major tech executives attend, including Apple’s Tim Cook.
Source:: Apple Insider
Growth of Apple’s Siri hampered by privacy & departure of key staff – report
Apple’s Siri is failing to keep up with rival assistants from Amazon and Google not just because of fences created by privacy, but because of related staff departures, according to several former members of the Siri team.
Source:: Apple Insider
Sonnet eGFX Breakaway Box Thunderbolt 3 graphics card enclosures shipping in late June for $299
Sonnet, the supplier of Thunderbolt 3 GPU enclosures Apple is providing to developers as part of an External Graphics Development Kit, is preparing to ship the eGFX Breakaway Box used in the kit to consumers from next month, giving end users a way to increase the graphical power of their iMac and MacBooks.
Source:: Apple Insider
Apple Pay person-to-person transfers will be free with debit card, incur 3% fee with credit card
This fall’s launch of iOS 11 will include secure person-to-person money transfers authorized by Apple Pay, but if you use it with a credit card instead of debit, the service comes with a caveat: an industry-standard 3 percent fee.
Source:: Apple Insider
Inside watchOS 4: Use NFC to pair the Apple Watch with an iPhone
One of the most obvious things to add to the Apple Watch is a new way to pair it to an iPhone. Starting with iOS 11 and WatchOS 4, Apple has added the ability to pair the devices through Near Field Communication.
Source:: Apple Insider
Hands-on: GoPro’s 360-degree 5.2K Fusion VR camera
GoPro on Thursday gave AppleInsider a closer look at the company’s upcoming Fusion camera, a 5.2K resolution 360-degree camera that will bring immersive virtual reality recording to the masses.
Source:: Apple Insider